@domino-710 wrote:
NFS - given the ' pandemic ' - a lot has been learnt since January.
No-one in the first instance understood what was happening - what to immediatley do about it.
So much has surfaced since then - and dealt with - very successfully.
How it was dealt with was a failure to understand what we were dealing with - medically - not morally.
Did any government knowingly :
Immorality is the violation of moral laws, norms or standards. It refers to an agent doing or thinking something they know or believe to be wrong
Domino, a lot has been learn't since January. I personally have learn't a lot about our Prime Minister, our Premiers, our health services, and our aged care services. In particular, I have paid attention to the rhetoric that has come out of the mouth's of our PM, Health Ministers and Premiers. They cannot hide their body language.
The failures of the Aged Care systems did not need a pandemic to expose them. People have been screaming for years to improve the systems. But a pandemic struck which we knew was potentially lethal if the virus was contracted by the elderly. Instead of putting measures in place to "protect" them, look what happened. They were neglected and treated as if they were expendable.
I don't accept those elderly people died because we needed to learn how to protect and treat them. They too were entitled to norms and standards. And surely those responsible did know the neglect was wrong. Is it humanly moral to deny a person the support they need to survive because they are old? The Governments are accountable and must be held responsible.
I am not going to go on any further about the moral question, that is only part of the issue. I can only hope the people demand a higher standard of Government where the elderly are afforded 'equal' care and attention.
